Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down121cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1581arrow-down1external-linkThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comVent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square238fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDoubletwist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoEven then, unless you also blow away the firmware, you can’t be sure it’s clean.
minus-squareheeplr@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoon Android, the OS is the firmware. If you talk about peripheral firmware, I’d not call it “software based” anymore.
Even then, unless you also blow away the firmware, you can’t be sure it’s clean.
on Android, the OS is the firmware. If you talk about peripheral firmware, I’d not call it “software based” anymore.